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Wyprawa skrytobójcy by Robin Hobb

41 reviews

lfp_reading's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Robin Hobb has, for the most part, closed out this trilogy wonderfully.

Let's get it out of the way: the two small things that stopped me from rating this 5 stars:

I know this is hailed as a slow-paced series, and I have grown used to Hobb's style by now. But even so, a section in the middle of the book ground the pacing down almost to a halt.
There are two characters whose resolutions I'm... not so pleased with.
Molly and Burrich? MOLLY AND BURRICH? Get outta here with that nonsense.

But those minor points weren't nearly enough to sour this conclusion for me. I've come to know Robin Hobb as a master of character work and beautiful prose, and Assassin's Quest is no different! The Farseer Trilogy is fantasy as fantasy should be: compelling characters, an intriguing magic system, and an expansive, well-developed world.

Fitz remains far from a perfect hero—he can act rashly, miss cues, and hurt those around him. But I like that about him! It's a refreshing break from the perfect teenage protagonist commonplace in many modern fantasies. He's still young, and by the end, we can see him acknowledge his flaws and his willingness to learn and grow. I can't wait to see where he lands in his next installments. But for now - onwards to LiveShip Traders!

A note on the audiobook:
I read most of Assassin's Quest tandem, reading along with the physical book while listening to the audio, and I was pretty surprised/disappointed at the number of mistakes in the audio! It was to the point where the narrator would say the wrong character's name after dialogue, making it seem like someone had said something totally out of character or joined a conversation they weren't actually present for—or mixing up similar-sounding words that have different meanings. Mistakes that can easily happen in the recording booth, but that absolutely should have been caught and fixed!
So a word of caution if you're planning to listen to this one, your experience might be soured! Or, if you have listened to it and found some of the narrative choices weird, that might be why!!

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katretelnada's review against another edition

5.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Amazing, heart wrenching ending to an amazing heart wrenching trilogy.
Against popular opinion, i feel like this was one of the most satisfying ending ive read. Also a rare time where i actually find every single book of the series good-not a disappointing third book.

I miss fitz already:( i feel like this book was the most plot driven in the entire series which fixed a bit of the pacing problem! However, it was still emotionally challenging where fitz didn’t catch a break(literally).
What hobb does best is write complex character relationships. Every single fitz interaction was heartbreaking in its own way, especially since youve been following him since he was 6.

The amount of times i had to put the book down to cry cannot be counted. Which might be my favorite part of the book.
What i also enjoyed is how she gave fitz a very realistic arc.
What’s more heartbreaking but realistic than him turning into the one thing he didn’t want-his father? (You can try guess which one. All would be right probably)
My only problem was how she doesnt write good villains. Their motives werent clear, and honestly i feel like fitz fought his inner demons more than he fought them.
Regal was a whiny unidimensional boyking. The redships made sense- but they were a bit shallow and disappointing.
I am so excited to see what comes next though!

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alexalovesbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

I was already keen on discovering how Fitz’s tale would play out by the end of the trilogy, especially given how the previous book drew to a close. But as with any series finale, I was nervous about whether this author would be able to get readers to a satisfying end successfully. Fortunately, Assassin’s Quest concludes the Farseer trilogy well.

There are certainly aspects that didn’t fully appeal to me, but those all feel easy enough to forgive when held up against this book as a whole. I was really swept up by the action-packed encounters; the careful reveals of intrigue and secrets and lore; even the emotional & mental journey that Fitz experiences as he is physically journeying kept me hooked. The payoff in the story truly felt worth all the time readers spend getting to know Fitz, the kingdom and folk he cares for and the problems they face. I still find myself breathless at some of the incredible things that happen, heartbroken at some of the others and sad at knowing this part has come to an end.

Even though it took me years to finally get around to finishing this trilogy, I’m glad I did. From plot to world, but especially with character, Hobb did some fine work in penning this trilogy and I look forward to continuing on with The Realm of the Elderlings.

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and_so_it_goes's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m very conflicted about this one. It could’ve been many many pages shorter, and the ending is

understandable but I don’t understand the point of the moment with Starling about recovering from trauma, the acknowledgment that he loved the idea of Molly, his mother, etc.if nothing is done with that and Fitz lives alone. Surely after so many life experiences he would at least tell Patience? I was also horrified by the body swapping to make the heir. It’s barely acknowledged afterwards.

The characters are compelling as always, and I do like the

deeper dive into Fitz as an unreliable narrator.

The questing part was the weakest for me, especially the middle part. The excess tree descriptions got to me.

However, like purposefully diving off a cliff, I still felt for the characters and wanted to know what happened with them. This one is definitely a flawed work, more than the previous entries.

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abigail_ohlandt09's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

"Oh, that's so sad:.(" I say a dolphin flies past me as I'm walking on the yellow brick rode to candy mountain, so I can meet the magic leoploridons.

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kimsbookerynookery's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

"Sometimes all the choices are poor ones, Fool, and still a man must choose."

Assassin's Quest is a fantastic wrap-up to the Farseer Trilogy. Robin Hobb is absolutely a master of complicated character work and by the end of this trilogy I was so invested in the outcome of each and every character mentioned in this story. In this last installment Hobb steps away from many of Fitz's mentors, and we join old and new characters. The old characters grew with Fitz and the new brought out different aspects of life, love, and loss.

I think what blew me away in this book was Hobb's ability to write women characters specifically. In many fantasy books women are placed in a typical overly patriarchal world where they have to scrape and rave to prove they are valuable members of society, and the authors have to say the characters are strong. In this trilogy, specifically Assassin's Quest, the women show their strength and are not overly questioned due to their gender by the male characters. They are complicated and real and have their own separate ideals. I've seen many reviews hating on Starling, who appears toward the middle, and bringing their ratings down because of her, but I believe she is an incredibly important addition to story. She adds the perspective of a character who isn't connected to the prophecies and while I didn't like the person her character represents through most of it she still felt like an incredibly real character.

Outside of character work, Hobb's prose got even better in this book and was just so beautiful and gritty. This book has so many quotable moments it is hard to pick just a few to highlight! I really enjoyed following Fitz trek throughout the Six Duchies, Mountain Kingdom and beyond as it just added a lot of depth to the world as a whole. I also thoroughly enjoyed how much of Nighteyes and the Fool we got in this one! The Fool is definitely my favorite character and I can't wait to get to the Tawny Man Trilogy to see how his story continues.

I will warn readers that the ending does seem pretty final as Robin Hobb originally wrote Farseer with the thought that this was the last she would write about Fitz. So naturally I'm incredibly curious how Fitz's story continues throughout the Realm of the Elderlings. Either way, I'm so impressed with this trilogy and can't wait to continue with the other 13 in this realm. All three of these books were five stars in my humble opinion and no one can convince me otherwise.

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divorcemaster's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

While there were many things I enjoyed about this book, I think the thing I felt most was frustrated. There was so much that felt like willful ignorance because things were explained well enough that I as the reader picked up on the meaning but that Fitz as the character did not and perhaps could not because they way they tried to explain things to him was not in one he could easily grasp and understand.

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